Sterilizing-cabinet.



J. A. GOODWAY.

STERILIZING CABINET.

APPLICATION 21mm AUG. 5, 1911.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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STERILIZING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1911.

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F I 5.7.. 18 a1 JOSEPH A. GOODWAY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

STERILIZINGrCABINET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. GoonwAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSterilizing-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention refers to improvements in stlegrilizing cabinets forbarbers, or for the li e.

It is intended to provide a convenient receptacle for the variousarticles, utensils, etc., within the separately provided receptacles,contained within an outer surrounding case, and so designed andconstructed that the several contained articles will be subjected to thesterilizing effect of a suitable medium.

' vention is to provide for direct application ket, as clearly shown inFig.

of the sterilizing vapor, so arranging the partition walls and theseveral receiving receptacles, etc., that they will be in the directcourse of their circulation.

One form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich-- Figure 1 represents the device in front elevation. Fig. 2is avertical sectional View taken on the line 1111. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asimilar vertical section taken on the line 111.111. of Fig. 2. Figs. 4,5 and 6 are horizontal sectional views indicated by the lines IVIV, V.V,and VI.VI, respectively of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail view,

enlarged, of one of the closing doors and its lock, for one of thereceptacles.

Generally stated, the device is in the form 1 of a cabinet, preferablycomposed of sheet metal and having the side walls, 2, 2, back 3, top 4and bottom 5 of imperforate sheets or plates joined in any suitablemanner, as riveting, to provide hermetically sealed joints, and thefront 6, connected with the side, bottom and top by similar sealedjoints.

The front, as shown, is provided with numerous openings, generallyrectangular in form, each leading into a separate compartment andprovided with an opening and closing door having a lock, latch andoperating handle therefor, and preferably provided with a surroundingpacking gas- 7. Thus, said figure shows one of said doors 7 which ishinged at 8, in the case of a drop door, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 5, 1911.

. a hermetically sealing Patented Dec. 31, 1912. Serial No. 642,538.

which, when opened, is adapted to rest upon a supporting bracket 9.

Between the door 7 and the front plate 6 is an intervening packinggasket 10 of sheet rubber or other suitable material, which entirelysurrounds each opening.

11. is the operating handle for the door 7, extending forwardly anddownwardly in the form of an arch and provided with a suitable grip forthe finger, pivotally mounted at 12 within a suitable housing in thebearing 13, and extends by a shouldered tapered latch 14 into theinterior of the particular space to be covered. The said latch restsupon a cushioning spring 15 carried upon an inward extension of thehousing 13 whereby it is normally pressed upwardly to hold the doorclosed and may be pressed to unlock by the operation of withdrawing thefinger terminal 11 forwardly.

In the bottom of the casing are one or more pans 16, resting upon thebottom 5, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, upwardly above -which is located atransverse perforated partition 32' at each side of a central apertureor cavity 18 for receiving the razor strop 19. Said strop extendsinwardly through a clearance aperture in the front plate 6, is providedwith a hand pull 20, and flange 21 for making a hermetically sealedjoint. The strop proper passes around a bearing pulley or roller 22mounted upon a bearing pin 23 at the rear of the cavity 18 and adjacentto the back 3 of the case, and then extends upwardly by its innerportion a sufiicient distance to accommodate the entire remaining lengthof the strop. At such point 24 it is connected with a strip of canvas orother suitable material 25, and said strip passes around a similarsupporting pulley or wheel 27 carried in a bracket 26 upon pin 28, saidbracket being supported from the top of the case by a tension spring 29.The canvas strip 25 extends downwardly at the other side of wheel 27, asshown, and is fixedly secured at 30 in any suitable manner. The stropthus occupies the horizontal chamber or space 18 and the vertical rearchamber 18, which is an upward extension thereof, and is in directcommunication with the sterilizing vapor rising from the contents of thepan or pans 16.

At each side of the strop are the drawers 31, each of which is providedwith a finger grip and latch similar to that shown in Fig. 7, saiddrawers being in the path of upward circulation of the sterilizingvapor, and having their bottoms formed of perforated metal wire screenor the like, so that the contents may be entirely surrounded by thecirculating vapor.

Located above the drawers 31 and the strop cavity 18 are comparativelylarge compartments inclosed within bottom, back and top walls 32, 33 and34, similarly perforated, having front opening and closing doors 35,provided with similar locking latches and also preferably having glassfronts. Above said main compartments, are a plurality of comparativelysmall compartments 36, 37 and 38, respectively, rows of each of saidcompartments extending horizontally across the entire area of the casefrom its front 6 to the back 3, except where necessarily somewhatshorter by reason of the intervening vertical strop cavity 18. Each ofsaid compartments 36, 37 and 38 is bounded within suitable horizontalpartitions of perforated sheet metal or wire screen or the like, andvertical imperforatepartitions 39 and each compartment is also providedwith a drop door 7 having the latch extension 11 as above described.

As thus constructed, the casing is, adapted for use for the separateisolated storage of the various articles. For instance, the upper row ofcompartments 38 may be utilized to contain razors, suitably separatedfrom each other by any convenient supporting frames; the compartments 37may be utilized for shaving brushes; the compartments 36 for brushes andcombs, while the larger chambers below, closed by the doors 35, maycontain towels, etc., while the drawers 31 may be used for shears,clippers, or the like.

The construction and operation of the device will be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description. It provides for the contents of eachcomplete isolation and sterilization of the particular compartment, andis so constructed as to' contain a large number of such compartmentswithin acomparatively limited space, while the circulation of thesterilizing vapor is rendered thoroughly complete.

Various changes in the arrangement, number, or design of the severalelements or features of the cabinet may be made by the skilled mechanic,but all such are to be considered within the scope of the followingclaim.

What I claim is:

In a sterilizing cabinet, the combination of an air tight outer casingprovided with a sterilizing medium container at its base, a plurality oftransverse open wire screen partitions extending across the interior ofthe casing at different heights above the base, series ofnon-registering vertical partitions dividing the spaces between thehorizontal partitions into chambers, removable receptacles in some ofsaid chambers, a continuous vertical chamber formed within perforatedvertical walls at the inner back portion of the cabinet extending fromthe sterilizing medium container to the top of the cabinet, upper andlower rollers at the topand bottom of said chamber, a spring support forone of said rollers, said rollers being adapted to carry a strop andfabric attached thereto in such manner as to permit the withdrawal of aportion of the strop from the cabinet when desired and to return thestrop to the cabinet, byv the action of said spring support, whenreleased.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOSEPH A. GOODWAY.

Witnesses:

C. M. CLARKE, FREDK. STAUB.

